Improvement in hay-elevators and conveyers



THOMAS E. HAYMOND., OF MORRIS, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No.,110,1,35, dated December 13, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT lN HAY-ELEVATORS AND CONVEVERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patentand making part ofthe s ame.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Tetonas E. RAYMOND, of Morris, in the county of Grundy and State of Illinois, have invented a new and improved Hay-Elevator'and Oonveyer; and I do hereby declare the following to `be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to which my in- `parts in the several figures of the drawing.

The object of my invention is to provide a device,

by the use oi which hay may be elevated from a -wagon and conveyed to any desired point of delivery;

and

The nature of mynnprovement .consists-m a fiar-f riage moving upon an inclined track, suspended from above, the arrangement ot' said carriage being such i as to be moved forward on said track by the action ot' the rope to which the fork is attached, a description of which will be hereinafter more fully given.

In the accompanying drawingr- A A represent the track, which is suspended from above, and arranged in a manner inclinin g upward from thecenter.

B is the carriage, which is provided with wheels O C .C O, by which the same moves upon the track.

D is a sheave, which is fixed upon bearings secured to the frame or body of the carriage.

Said wheel revolves within a mort-isc, E, cut longitudinally in or through the frame.

F is a metal frame, adapted to move within vertical grooves cut in the outer side of the frame or body of the carriage.

Said metal frame has, at or near its center, latches a a, projecting horizontally at right angles to the track, and entering notches orslots (l (l cut in the upper and inner sides of the same.

G is the rope to which the fork is attached.

Said rope is secured at one end to a ring, e, fixed to the bottom ot' the carriage, and extends downward to the shank of the fork, in the usual manner; from thence -it passes upward through an eye or loop in the lower side of the frame E, to and over sheave D, thence horizontallyoutward to and over a like sheave ixed to the outside ot' the barn, thence downward to and around a third sheave secured to the barn at or near the ground.

The operation of my invention is as follows:

The carriage being in the center of the track, the fork is lowered downward, and secured to the hay.

Power is then applied to the outer end of rope G,

moving the same forward ovel' said sheave, which raises the fork and hay upward, thus bringing the shank of the fork in contact with and against the v lower side of the frame F, which disengages the same from notches (l d in track A A, and carriage B is moved forward upon said track by the action ot rope G to the' point ot delivery. Tile hay is then disengaged from the fork, and the carriage is moved backward to the center ot' the track by the trip-cord used in operating the fork. l

I have described my invention as being usedl in barns only, but it may also be` used for stacking hay in the field, the proper device for supporting the carriage being supplied. l

Having thus described my invention,

XVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let- The arrangement, with rela-tion to the carriage B and track A ot' the sliding met-al frame F, latchesa, sheave I), and rope G, as herein describethtbr the purposespeciiied.

THOS. E. HAYMOND.

Witnesses: I

N. H. SHERBURNE, G. H. FROST. 

